7 Ups & 2 Downs From Star Trek: Discovery 5.9 — Lagrange Point

If you've been following my Ups & Downs — and I'll forgive you if not — you'll be having that Yogi-Berran feeling of 'déjà vu all over again'. Why settle for a two-parter when only a threequel will do? This week, the Tilly-isms are back in force, making Lagrange Point a strong third outing for our lieutenant-teacher saga.

In Lagrange Point, it's Tilly who saves the ship, first by figuring out the black hole binary system ("which is interesting"), and by suggesting the plan to use the gravity of one to fly away from both. Tilly also then pinpoints and deciphers the duranium-encased Progenitors' tech at the Lagrange point. The lieutenant really shouldn't have been surprised when Rayner asked her to serve as his acting first officer! "Yes, sir. Thank you. Very… good," she replies. Pricelessly Tilly!

A little later on, the Tilly-Rayner "[it's] the pacing" interaction further solidified our affinity for them both. Rayner won't sit in the chair, but he wouldn't kill Tilly "in a foxhole" either. All that "fuzzy encouragement," Rayner claims he can do without, daring the debut of a smile. Tilly simply grins back at him.